Fascinating quote in a New York Times piece on the Brexit-backing British newspapers (and principally, The Sun): With little regard for the truth — he was previously fired by The Times of London for making up a quote — Mr. Johnson wrote…
The Sun
A collection of 8 posts
The Sun runs on WordPress
Things I didn’t know: News UK moved thesun.co.uk to WordPress.com VIP last summer, becoming the fastest growing newspaper site in the UK, with well over 20 million monthly unique visitors, and tens of millions of page…
The Sun's paywall rises
(This post will be updated as I find other interesting stuff to add.) Sarah Marshall has made her notes from the Sun+ briefing public. Of note: “We are not becoming digital-first – we sell an awful lot of newspapers every day,…
One of those mornings
Right about now, I should have been emerging into a rainy London from News UK’s headquarters after a “blogger briefing” on the new Sun paywall. Instead, I’m sat in a lovely cafe in my home town, because some…
Afternoon Tea Reading: National Newspapers
Some links about our friends in the nationals that have been hanging around in my Chrome tabs for too long now: The Independent has switched its blogs from Livejournal to WordPress. Makes sense. LJ always seemed like an odd fit.…
Teacher Caught in Stupid Net Rant By Kids
Hold on to your hats. I’m going to do something I don’t often do: Kids See Teacher’s Blog Rant Yes, I just linked to The Sun. Why? Because this is yet another example of people failing to…
After Hutton: a new face of political discussion
Full Hutton details here. So, the BBC is in trouble, standing accused of poor journalism and worse management. The Sun faces serious repercussions from its decision to publish the leak of the report this morning. We have some mild criticism…
Lads Love Lara Too Much
One of my colleagues thoughtfully left a copy of The Sun is the office loo today. Inside was a quite marvellous article outlining how Lara Croft is destroying relationships because men lust after her and not their girlfriends. Our favourite…